Daan van Lent of the Dutch newspaper NRC.nl wrote on April 13, 2017 the following article: “It must be right first time ‘ Wendelien of Oldenborgh represents the Netherlands next month at the Venice Biennale…
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Dishonest behavior of Japan
Today Japanese generation should acknowledge the damage caused by the Japanese military The Empire of Japan, did not treat prisoners of war in accordance with international agreements, including provisions of the Hague Conventions (1899 and…
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Sex slaves of the Japanese military
What is the ‘comfort women’ issue all about? Article out of asahi.com Q: What are comfort women? A: Women who were forced to serve as sexual partners of military personnel at comfort stations created under…
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The Hague, the widow of Dutch-Indies
A TV program in The Netherlands called: Typical Dutch. Jeroen Pauw, a typical Dutch Talk Host, brought a TV program about people, who are living in The Hague. We all remember about The Hague when…
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Malang City and its diversity
History of Malang, East Java, Indonesia The Dutch influence on Malang is clearly visible by the houses, cemeteries, schools and other buildings with high windows and many floor levels, which is not the Indonesian way.…
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History of Sawahlunto
Because Sawahlunto was my birth town, I tried for many moons to find the history of this town and especially what were there first the place Sawahlunto or the Ombilin coal mines. Then I found…
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Indo Food Court in Duarte
The Indo Food Court in Duarte, California. Thanks to the efforts of Senator Walter about 60,000 Dutch-Indo’s left The Netherlands between 1950 and 1965 to start a new life in the US. The relevant laws…
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What is an Indo and who is an Indo?
Eurasians! We Indo people or Indos, Dutch Indonesians, Indo-Dutch, or Dutch-Indos consist of Europeans, Asians, and persons of mixed European–Asian origin and we Indo people have been part and experienced the colonial culture of the former Dutch East Indies. In…